European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday May 30,1990 review of abortion counselling ban of d Washington a the supreme court agreed tuesday to review Federal regulations that bar government financed family planning clinics from counselling about abortion. Critics of the regulations issued by the Reagan administration in 1988, allege that they violate free speech and abortion rights. At stake is the scope of a Federal program with a$200 million yearly budget. The program funds Over 4,000 clinics serving some 5 million Low income women nationwide. In other action the court broadened the Protection against double jeopardy saying that a Motorist who pleads guilty to Drunken driving in a fatal Accident May not be prosecuted late for homicide. The 5-4 ruling in a Case from new York extends so called double jeopardy Protection against multiple prosecutions for some criminal defendants. The court said someone convicted of a relatively minor offence generally May not be retried on More serious charge based on the same alleged conduct. Rejected an Appeal by two Kun flux Kjan group Sand four men ordered to pay More than $800,000 for organizing a demonstration that turned into a violent attack on civil rights marchers in Georgia. The court without comment let stand a ruling that the punitive damages award did not violate the free speech rights of the kick and its sympathizers. Increased the Federal government s Power to keep some criminal defendants behind bars while they await trial even if a key bail Law was violated. The justices by a 6-3 vote spared the government from having to free on bail some defendants deemed to be dangerous or a risk to flee before trial. Refused to revive a lawsuit on behalf of a child abused after Illinois officials placed her in the Home of her aunt and Uncle. The court without comment turned away arguments that Public officials should not be shielded from Federal suits when they knowingly expose children to abuse in Foster Homes. A Federal appeals court in new York upheld the Banon abortion counselling but other Federal courts ruled supreme court Roundup it is unconstitutional. The High court s decision expected sometime in 1991, should resolve the conflict ing rulings. The family planning program enacted by congresses title x of the Public health service act pays for creating and operating family planning clinics. The1982 Law forbids clinics to use the Federal Money to perform abortions but initial regulations let the clinic staffs Tell women about the abortion option. After those regulations Drew fire from anti abortion groups the government barred clinics from using fed eral Money to advise women that abortion is an option or to refer them to abortion clinics. The newer regulations say federally funded clinics May not encourage promote or advocate abortion As a method of family planning or distribute written materials on abortion. The regulations also require a family planning clinic that receives Federal Money to keep physically and financially separate any abortion clinic it might oper ate without Federal Money. If a woman visiting a federally funded family plan gunfire stabbing at rap concert result in 1 1 injuries in Houston Houston a a Melee punctuated by ,erupted among 25,000 hot revellers at an overcrowded outdoor rap concert. At least 11 people were injured non seriously and More than 20 arrested authorities said. Concertgoers hurled bottles fistfights broke out Anda Man was stabbed in the leg during the memorial Day show at Herman Park. Mothers carried screaming babies under their Armias they fled. More than 200 officers on foot horseback and i helicopters evacuated the area. Police reported More than 20 arrests including two for gun Possession. A 16-year-old boy received stitches after being hit inthe head by a baseball Bat said Donna Miller a nurse at Hermann Hospital. Some people apparently started throwing Beer bottles and then i heard pop pop pop someone was shooting and then everybody started running said Ron Atkins a Spectator and program director at another station. I heard about four gunshots and just started run Ning said George Carver. The concert was cancelled and police closed the Park. Police will investigate whether concert promoters did everything they could to secure the area said police spokesman Al Baker. The attendance was Well Over capacity 17,000 " said Houston Parks director Don Olson. We have been try ing to limit the number attending events  Harvard University president resigns Cambridge mass. A Harvard University president Derek c. Bok who during two tumultuous decades broadened the reputation and endowment atthe nation s oldest University announced his Resig nation tuesday. I Haven t yet had time to think about what to do next Bok said. Bok who became president in 1971, said that it is time for me to step Down and allow a new president to provide fresh Energy and continuity of leadership through the next  Peter Costa a spokesman for the University said he could not elaborate on Bok s reasons for the Resig nation which will take effect at the end of the 1990-91academic year. Bok a Stanford University graduate earned a Law degree from Harvard in 1954. He joined the Harvard Law school faculty in 1958 and became Dean of the school in 1968. Bok 60, is a fellow of the american Academy farts and sciences and author of several books including one on labor Law that he wrote with watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox. During his tenure As Harvard s president Bok established the John f. Kennedy school of government and revived an undergraduate Core curriculum based on the study of classics. Bok often made headlines with his conservative views on education and business including a controversial stand against a movement for total divestment of the University s holdings in stocks of companies doing business in South Africa. Ning clinic asks about abortion doctors and Counselor Are barred from saying More than that the program does not consider abortion an appropriate method of family planning and to offer help in obtaining Prena Tal care. New York state and new York City officials the directors of two family planning clinics planned parenthood and other organizations challenged the 1988regulations in Federal court the same Day they were issued. The lawsuit contended the regulations go far beyond the restrictions imposed by the 1982 Law and that they impermissible interfere with Freedom of speech an women s Choice to obtain abortions. . District judge Louis l. Stanton in new Yor City upheld the regulations and the 2nd . Circuit court of appeals agreed by a 2-1 vote last nov. 1. After stating that the regulations Are consistent wit the 1982 Law the appeals court ruled that the regulations do not violate any constitutional right of preg Nant women or family planning clinic staff members. The government has no constitutional obligation to subsidize an activity merely because the activity is constitutionally protected the appeals court  government May validly choose to favor child birth Over abortion and to implement that Choice by funding medical services relating to childbirth but not those relating to  in the Appeal acted on tuesday challengers said the Federal regulations represent a kind of viewpoint Dis  because these regulations require the provision of misinformation they do More than encourage child birth. Rather they constitute a direct interference witha protected activity the Appeal said. Honouring Juk army personnel take part in a ceremony tuesday marking the 73rd anniversary of the birth of president Kennedy. The rites were at Kennedy grave in Arlington National cemetery a los Angeles a an Auto Acci Dent victim died on the operating table after sheets covering her caught fire an filled the room with smoke officials say. An autopsy was ordered to determine whether Angela Hernandez 26, died of her Accident injuries or was killed by the fire monday at Urcla medical Center. Engineers checked oxygen lines electrical circuits and other equipment for the cause of the fire said Rich Elbaum medical Center spokesman. No other injuries were reported but Dies in Hospital after sheets catch fire i 11/ 1.1 t a a it r�4 nor a __j�_j.l___1 the smoke forced the closing of All 16 operating rooms for the Day so the could be sterilized. Hernandez had been in critical Condi Tion with heart and liver injuries after being crushed in an Accident late sunday in Santa Monica police said. She apparently was trying to warn motorists of her disabled car when another car struck her vehicle which in turn hit Hernandez police said. Surgeons had finished operating on the los Angeles woman and were about to take her out of the room on a Gurney when the sheets and blankets ignited said fire department spokesman Pat Marke. Staff members tried to put out the firebug were forced out of the room by smoke said Campus spokeswoman Vick Ibeck. By the time firefighters arrived five minutes later the Blaze had mostly burned itself out Marke said. The fire was t even hot enough Coset off the sprinklers in the ceiling said battalion chief Chuck Merriman. He estimated damage at $40,000. In 1988, a 15-Day-old boy was fatally burned at Cedars Sinai medical Center when the spark from a cauterize ape Nike instrument used to Stop bleeding from an incision ignited the High oxygen atmosphere in the room. Urcla medical Center officials declined to say whether doctors monday Nad been using a cauterize. In february a Man described As a disgruntled Hospital worker walked into a Vilice at the medical Center and fatally hot a co worker and wounded his Boss